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More than half of America’s veterans say they have little or no understanding of the benefits due them, despite efforts over recent years to match returning soldiers with the help and services they need.

With six weeks left in the year, the Army and Navy are reporting record numbers of suicides, with the Air Force and Marine Corps close to doing the same, making 2012 the worst year since careful tracking began in 2001.

The Marine Corps is forming the first squadron of pilots to fly the next-generation strike fighter jet, months after lawmakers raised concern that there was a rush to end the testing of an aircraft hit with technical problems.